Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-14
LOCAL NEWS.

The Rink will be open every day this week, and Monday Tuesday and Thurs day evenings. Plenty of amusement for all.
 Mir, snd Mrs. IN, Towne are visiting in the city from CBlsbssss. Mir. Tovne IS rintendent of the Santa Rita Land < Cattle Go.
 Mrs. Robert Carnshsn snd family left Saturday last for their old home ID Santa Monica, where they will reside during the heated summer months.
 A copy of the new marriage law has st length been received by the board of supervisors. It takes effect July 1st and not immediately after its approval by the governor ss Commissioner King is reported to have enformed Recorder Sampson.
 Lieut.. Patch, R. Q. M.. 4th Cavalry, has been ordered to appear before 6 re- tiring board upon his own spplic ation. After his retirement Lieut.. Patch will assume the management of the hotel and post-trsder business for Mrs. Porter at Fort Huschucs.
 The universal language called "Vol- apuk" is already in use by 10000 peo-| pie of various nstionslities. Its gram mer can be learned in sn hour. A full account of this new tongue will be given by Richmond Walker in the June mum bsr of the American Magazine.
 Hon, A.IJ. Doran, Al Richeson and Mir. Codstt of Florence arrived last evening by private conveyance and will remain 6 day or so. Mir. Dorsn was the republican leader in the House last winter, and is st present running the hotel st Florence.
 There is positively nothing new rels- tive to the train robbers. Four men all told, have been arrested, but thus far no proof has been elicited that in any way connects them with the robbery. The fourth man Cssso, Is 6 brother of the party of that name arrested st Bowie several days since,
 An alarm of Are seconded by vol ume of black smoke near the corner of Alameda street sent hundreds of people running in that direction. Crowded . osrryslls, Jack Bolyn's big truck hose Q cart and ladder wagon all joined ID the hurryinR throng. A. B. Sampson wish ing to rid himself of rubbish socumu- lstions piled in his yard. applied the torch; only this snd nothing more.
 Judge Lowell and several other gen men went to Pima canyon yesterday 10 investigate the reported big water find. but found nothing to pay them for their trouble. They did, however. lose one of their number. W. B. Murphy. who foot ed 1t to town. The Judge on his return undertook to head 8 searching party and but for 8 broken piece of harness would have been back in the hills at midnight. Mr. Murphy in the mean time had reached home to the joy of all parties concerned.
 There IS a rumor Tn town to-day that J. E. Dixon late proprIetor of the Russ House is missing. A week or ten days since he went to ArivicR Co look st some mining property he has in thst direction While there he lost horse, SO the report goes, and started of with YRqui in- dian as 6 guide to find it. He attempt ed to return home alone. this is sad te have been sbout days ago. since which time he has not been seen although his team has been found. No conclusion can be reached pending the arrival of more definite information.
 On Saturday last four blooming dam sells from Maiden Lane appeared before | his honor Judge Meyer. whom they be- sought 10 sdjucste a legal difference | between them. The Judge in his urbsne | way listened kindly to the four sad tales | all being told st once, of battered doors and broken windows. Finally the | Judge who was busy wiring hls opinion | in the matter laid aside hls pen leaned | back in his chair and said "now let me | talk while" you tLree can go and (to | the fourth you pay ten dollars or go ten | days in the jug, the blushing dsmsel turned slightly away from the court | winked st the spectators. went down in l her stocking and produced three big | silver dollars, but as this was insufficient tc sppease the worth of the law Consta- | ble Billy Lucas was deputized to sc- company her. In due time the amount was dug up and the majesty of the law vindicsted.
 Mr. R. J. Kerr returned yesterday from | 6 trip to Tres Alsmos on the San Pedro, l to which place be went to deliver about | l400 head of cattle to the San Pedro Cat | tie Company. He reports sn earth quake Assure not less than twenty five miles in length. Ii extends from 6 short distance below Benson to fully Is miles below Tres Alamos. At the sur face the crack varies n width from | about siI to eighteen inches. On one side the earth has sunk several inches. | In places along the crack water burst | forth but afterwards ceased flowing | The crack in many places is still open | to the depth of several feet. Mir. | Kerr says that at the place where the | Tres Alsmos road crosses the Assure | he could sse where parties had driven | to 1t. but beIng afraid to cross, had | turned and gone back. As MT. Kerr IS | reliable this is earthquake news that can be depended upon.
 A young man giving the name of A. 0. Nelson, but who on being questioned said his right name is August Abrshams, was brought to Tucson Saturday evening by Mir, Bernerbe RobIes who reports Il having found the man wandering aim. lessly on the plains near his ranch about 35 miles southwest of this place. The man was entirely nude and wildly in- sane. He was placed in the county jail. He is quite harmless, and at inter vels. talks rational. Speaking of him. self he says he came to the territory as csnvasser for 8 book entitled the | Museum of Antiqueties." After being here & short tune he joined the Metho- dist church and the Good Templsrs. but | becoming financially strengthened he undertook to walk to Denver, Colorado, where he says his mother resides. Ills time in jail is occupied by attempting a solution of the earthquake problem, which he thinks will be of great benefit | to the world and man kind generally. It is thought that a few days rest will bring him out all right.